Here is Establishment Industries’ market-value balance sheet (Figures in millions): Net working capital $ 700 Debt $ 1,050 Long-term assets 2,500 Equity 2,150 Value of firm $ 3,200 $ 3,200 The debt is yielding 6.5%, and the cost of equity is 14.5%. The tax rate is 31%. Investors expect this level of debt to be permanent.
a. What is Establishment’s WACC? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) WACC %
b. How would the market-value balance sheet change if Establishment retired all its debt? (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) New Market-Value Balance Sheet (figures in millions) Net working capital $
Debt $
Long-term assets
Equity
Value of firm $
Total $